Egg container



Hl. G. JUIHINSO June l0, 19.30..

EGG CONTAINER Filed March 5 19228 WMQWMQ Q LQQM MQ@ Patented I .lune 10, 19/30 lv.

HARRY C. J'UHNSON,

F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 SEIIIIS LOCKING CARTON comm, A coaronATIoN oF ifLrmoIs EGG CONTAINER Application illed March 3,

The presentl invention has for its object toproduce a simple and novel device adapted to `be placed in an egg ,carton in-lieu of the commonly used cellularfiller; which device shall serve elfectively to cushion eggs arranged in'the carton.

Y The various features o f novelty whereby my invention' is characterized will hereinafter be pointed out with particularity in the claim; but, for a full understanding of my invention and of its objects a d advantages, reference may be had toA t e following detailed description taken `in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is atop plan view of a carton 'containing a device embodying the resent -'nvention, a portion of the coverbft e carton being broken away. and the vcarton being partially illed with eggs; Fig. 2 is -a section on a larger scale taken approximately on line 2-2 of Fig. l, and Fig.- 3- is a plan view of the egg supporting device in -a flattened condition. i

In carrying out my invention, `I cut a heavy flexible sheet of cardboard or other suitable .material to a width equal to the length of the carton, scoring the sheet along transverse parallel lines to divide it into contiguous sections of a width slightly greater thanthe depth of the carton and two end "sections each preferably as wide as the depth ofthe carton. There are twice ras many intermediate sections as there are rows of eggs in the carton. In other words, if the eggs are to be' packaged in two rows, the blank will contain two end sections and four intermediate sections.'L lThis lis the arrangement illustrated in the drawings and to which the detailed description will be confined.

shows the eveloped blank, 1 'and 2 represent the end sections and 3, 4, 5 and 6 the intermediate sections. The several sections are separated from each other by. scored lines as indicated at 7. AEach intermediate section has therein a row ofopenings spaced apartv from each other, the openings' in the sections 3 and 4 being opposite each other as are the lopenings in the sections 5 and 6.

4 50 Consequently when the sheet `is folded to 192s. semi no. 258,749.

Vbring the scored line betweenthe sections 3 and 4 and: the scored line between the sections 5 and 6 at the bottom and the other scored lines at the top' two egg receiving troughs will be formed. When eggs 'are set .into these troughs, each will extend partially through the holes on opposite sides thereofy in the inclined walls of the trough.

It is not suicient simply to provide holes, since the eggs in one row might strike against those in the otherf Furthermore, while the end sections 1 and 2, if disposed vertically, constitute supporting legs from which the trough 'elements are suspended, there is nothingl to lsupport the central ridge in the folded blank and therefore the central portion made up of the sections 4 and 5 would sag under the weight ofthe eggs. I therefore do not lremove the material that must be cut out to form the holes in the blank, but leave this material in place in the shape of tongues 8 that are severed from the blank except at the ends that are the upper ends when the blank is folded for use.

In use, the blank, in a folded condition,

is set into any usual or suitable carton 9,

'with the sections 1 and 2 lying against the front and rear wallsA as shown in Fig. 2.

The intermediate sections of theblank are wider than the end sections, and therefore the intermediate sections are permitted to extend diagonall without having their lower edges raisedY materially above the bottom of the carton. When'eggs, such as indicated at A, are set in the carton, each egg pushes the two tongues on opposite sides thereof laterally, the tongues inthesections 3 and 6 being pressed toward the vertical x end sections l and 2, and the tongues in the Referrin to Fig. 3.of the drawing, which sections 4 and 5 being pressed toward the longitudinal center of the carton By properly proportioning the parts, the tongues in the sections 4 and 5, if pressed laterally far enough to be approximately vertical,

will come in contact with the bottom of the It be seen that `when the eggs are in place, each is hung in a -swing that-cannot sag-down. Furthermore, there is a double.

thickness of material between each egg and the corresponding egg in the adjacent row, so that the eggs in the two rows cannot strike against eachother. All of the eggs in one row are, of course, positively spaced apart and held apart by reason of seating in the holes in the supporting device. The eggs are therefore positively held against Acontact with each other, are supported in swings clear of the bottom of the carton, and are protected at the front and at the back of the carton by -the thickness of the walls of the latter, the thickness of thematerial of the end sections of the blank, and the thickness of the ton ue elements. Consequently the eggs are e ectively cushioned against breakage from contact ,witheach other .or because of blows on the exterior of the carton, and. they are prevented from beingcrushed by an undue weight upon the/carton because of the stilening effect, in the vertical direction, of the end sections and the tongues.-

'While I have illustrated and described 'I with particularity only a single preferred form of my invention, I do not desire to be limited to the exact structural details thus illustrated and described; but intend to cover all forms and arrangements which come within'the definitions of my invention constituting the appended claim.

I claim:

An element for supporting eggs'in a carton, comprising a blank folded along parallel lines to produce a plurality of troughs' and,supports at opposite sides, reach trough having tongues hung at their upper ends cut from the sides of the-same, each tongue being opposite a corresponding tongue in the other side of the same trough, and the tongues being of such lengths and being so isposed that they will engage the bottom of the cartonwhen pressed laterally into ver tlcal positions while the element is vin a carton.

cation.

HARRY C. JOHNSON.

In testimony whereof, sign this\specifi 

